Vampire Diaries Season 3 Episode 15

All My Children

Wasn’t that the name of a soap opera? It’s an aptly named episode. Esther, –great witch name, by the way, –is trying to kill her kids. Drown them like the proverbial runts in a burlap bag, –and this episode is all about her big plan to put her “runts” out of the earth’s collective misery. There’s a lot of vampire-centric philosophy, the monster mindset and how it works, even when it’s working towards a goal it sees as righteous. We’re going to try something new, –since you guys haven’t been commenting. We miss you, we love you, and we want to know what you think. So we’re going to… quiz you! Sort of. I have some big questions about the episode, and I want to know what everyone thinks.

Some of the highlights of this episode were:

The big conflict: Esther’s foiled attempt to kill her children.

Damon deciding that, even though he lost the coin toss, he’d be the one to turn Abby Bennett into a vampire, to stop Esther’s plan, and ultimately, save Elena from Rebekah, who was taken hostage by Elijah, to serve his plan to stop Esther. He gave up his chance to be on better terms with Elena, and took on the mantle of “bad guy” in order to preserve Elena’s perspective of Stefan, –facilitating their eventual “getting back together.”

Elijah’s moment of introspection, where he realizes that he’s become a monster, despite all his good intentions, just like his mother stated during her murder speech.

Klaus’s apparent decision to stop courting Caroline; he likes her, but he suspected that she was part of the plan to neutralize the Originals long enough for Elena to escape, and so he burned all his drawings of her.

Elena, at the end, realizing that a lot of people have been hurt and killed, all around her, with regard to her, and one of them is usually Bonnie.

Finding out about another white oak tree, at the end.

Alaric’s discovery, and getting shot by his “psycho doctor girlfriend” as Damon calls her, –apparently, she is the one killing all these people…

We won’t get to see another episode until the middle of March, unfortunately, but with luck, it will answer some of our questions. The next episode is “1912”. I suspect there will be flashbacks. Check out the preview!

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“Does Klaus deserve to die, 100% for sure? Is he beyond redemption?” Before he started showing an interest in Caroline i would have said yes, but now i think he could redeem himself.

“Is there any chance left for Damon and Elena now that he’s turned her best friend’s mom into a vampire?” Very little, if any.

“Will Abby Bennett decide to die, or transition fully? Do you think she’ll be a psycho, like Vickie?” I think she might transition bc she doesnt seem to want to leave her daughter, but she might have to control herself from going psycho.

“What’s Meredith’s problem? Why is she killing people?” Probably bc the producers needed someone they could portray as a ‘human psycho’ and Meredith fit the bill since she was a new character.

“Do we want to see a Klaus and Caroline romance? What about Tyler?” Yes, Tyler isnt strong enough to fight the sire bond with Klaus so i think he will not be coming back into the picture anytime soon.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE MIDDLE OF MARCH FOR ANOTHER NEW EPISODE?!?!